https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg en-us 2023-09-28 17:14:37 UTC 2023-10-10 13:04:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f5fa.png joaqpe https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2725036315 A super continent Rodinia becomes unstable, ]]> 2023-09-28 17:19:28 UTC https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2725036315 joaqpe https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2725053097 Off today's east coast, the massive Africa plate inches westward]]> 2023-09-28 17:31:58 UTC https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2725053097 joaqpe https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2725057900 The African plate finally collides with Laurenta to form another supercontinent(Pangea)]]> 2023-09-28 17:35:22 UTC https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2725057900 joaqpe https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2725061916 Pangea breaks apart, opening the southern Atlantic Ocean betwen the North America plate and the Africa Plate]]> 2023-09-28 17:38:09 UTC https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2725061916 joaqpe https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2725065452 The majority of the Farallon Plate sinks into the mantle, leaving behind only small corners that still subducting]]> 2023-09-28 17:40:40 UTC https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2725065452 joaqpe https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2725066740 Magma from the mantle burns a giant hole into western North America]]> 2023-09-28 17:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2725066740 matimi https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2734313086 It rifts along what's now the west coast of America

]]> 2023-10-05 17:07:03 UTC https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2734313086 matimi https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2734320938 An ancestral continent called Laurenta, which grows over the next few million of years. ]]> 2023-10-05 17:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2734320938 matimi https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2734321957 As Island chains collide with it and add land mass]]> 2023-10-05 17:13:35 UTC https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2734321957 joaqpe https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2734322547 The immense pressure causes faulting and folding, stacking up rock to form the Appalachian Mountains]]> 2023-10-05 17:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2734322547 matimi https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2734325660 The super continent Pangea breaks apart opening the Southern Atlantic Ocean between the new North American Plate and the African Plate. ]]> 2023-10-05 17:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2734325660 matimi https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2734332029 Now the eastward-moving Farallon Plate, converges with the present-day west coast. The Farallon Plate's greater density makes it sink beneath North America ]]> 2023-10-05 17:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2734332029 matimi https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2734335136 The Farallon Plate becomes less steep, causing volcanism to strech eastward and eventually cease]]> 2023-10-05 17:23:26 UTC https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2734335136 matimi https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2734337157 It compresses North America thrustig up mountain ranges like the Rockies which extend over 3.000 miles]]> 2023-10-05 17:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2734337157 matimi https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2734338772 Soon after, the Eaurasian Plate rifts ffrom North America opening the North Atlantic Ocean]]> 2023-10-05 17:26:05 UTC https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2734338772 matimi https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2734344910 The Colorado Plateau now upfits, likely due to a combination of upward mantle flow and a thickened North American Plate ]]> 2023-10-05 17:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/joaqpe/b2y4s2rb27y048lg/wish/2734344910